I love this affect of seeing trees from overhead, how everything splays out from the center.
Here are some of the images I took from my two hour flight today at Mount Woodside. It was a great little flight. Mainly ridge soaring.
The highlights were playing in the clouds, watching a family of eagles fly around, flying around with them, seeing two eagles grab their talons and tumble together, and meeting new pilots and flying a new site. I love any site that lets you see or fly over some water and this one has a gorgeous view of a river convergence.
Since my car wasn’t able to make it up the mountain I had to leave all my expensive camera gear behind and I just used my old trusty Canon PowerShot SD870 for these shots. I used this same camera to win my first YouTube contest back in the day too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZfJjRrEb4
Launch is to the right in the photo.
A Bald Eagle going into the clouds.
My favorite moment from today, even though I felt like the ugly duckling trying to keep up with them.
My second favorite moment.
The scenery from this site is terrific.
Always enjoy finding terrain like this while flying. It's like looking at a painting . . . while flying a hang glider.
Fantastic photos, it appears you are enjoying yourself
You have achieved the best! Flying with eagles is the ultimate in mediphors, and you have experienced this realilty, keep your vision and your dreams firmly with in your reach. You are a wise young man with vision, stay true to who you are and what you see in the future. Keep up the goal and vision of what lies before you. The future is yours to grasp. I wish you much success!
Hey Lucas, long time no chat. Just had to say re your LASIK commentary that YOU SHOULDA TAKEN THE VALIUM SOONER!! I had mine done awhile back so I could play hockey without contacts, see the windsocks in the LZ’s without having to GUESS what they were saying, see my kids’ smiles from a distance. The surgery, well I barely remember it. I felt like a kid again in the morning and still do. Oh, btw, you SHOULDA TAKEN THE VALIUM EARLIER! HAHAHAAHA